In Boulder, Colorado last week, 48-year-old Lisa Novak was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 12 years probation for stealing money from the clients of the international adoption agency that she and her husband owned.

"The foundation's former clients... insisted that Novak go to jail. [These clients] said they spent thousands to adopt a boy from Nicaragua, only to have to finalize everything themselves after months of delay, and that an attempt to adopt a 3-year-old Nicaraguan girl... failed altogether."

Novak's attorney said that, because international adoptions are risky, payment for services doesn't guarantee a successful adoption. In addition to imposing jail time and probation, the judge in the case also barred Novak from working in the adoption field. Source: The Longmont (CO) Times-Call

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